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I've had the opposite experience. I was in Zagreb, Croatia for the very first time last year and wanted to eat dinner somewhere other than my hotel. I tried G
by jedc 12y ago
I've had the opposite experience.
I was in Zagreb, Croatia for the very first time last year and wanted to eat dinner somewhere other than my hotel. I tried Google Maps and it was worthless. I pulled out Foursquare and found a restaurant a few streets away that turned out to be incredible! (So much so that when I went back a few months later I went back to the same place instead of exploring.)
And now that I mention it, same thing happened to me in Tallinn, Estonia, too. Found a great brew-pub-ish restaurant that I would have never found on my own. And again, went back a few months later on my next trip.
- jcfrei 12y agoRecounting just two occasions to judge the user experience is arguably a very low sample size. Could you mention any other experiences as well?
- canistr 12y agoI'm just saying that SF and NY were where I had GREAT experiences. In suburbs of big cities or smaller towns (Seattle, Redmond, Toronto, Waterloo, suburbs of Toronto), I wouldn't categorize the experience as a "delight" in the same way that SF/NY were. I mean, do I really have to give a full report in order for me to be satisfied with the product?
- schrodinger 12y agoI was in Costa Rica looking for somewhere to go for dinner and drinks. Yelp had NOTHING. Foursquare found me an awesome new restaurant/bar a few minutes away that we loved. I kind of assumed from this experience that Foursquare has better adoption in some areas of the world, but I'm not sure.
- thanatropism 12y agoI don't think Yelp is even a thing here. You want to look at the websites for newspapers and the like. Rio Show, Veja Rio, etc.
- misiti3780 12y agoI had a similar experience, and interestingly enough, they were all Dennis Crowley's recommendations